Evaluation of the Quality of Care in Congenital Heart Surgery: Contribution of the Aristotle Complexity Score

Advances in Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-83

  Lacour Gayet, Francois ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^b   Clarke, David R ^a   Maruszewski, Bohdan ^c   Jacobs, Marshall L ^d   O'Brien, Sean M ^e   Mavroudis, Constantine ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONVALESCENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34547917205     PISSN: 00653101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yapd.2007.03.006     Document Type: Review

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